[01/09/13 - 08:59 AM]"Betty White's Off Their Rockers" Hits Series Highs for an 8:30 Telecast in 18-49 and Total ViewersNBC spins the numbers for Tuesday, January 8.

[via press release from NBC]

Tuesday Results:

* At 8 p.m., "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" averaged a 1.5/4 in
18-49 and 5.7 million viewers overall, matching the show's highest rating for an 8 p.m. telecast since Wednesday, April 25, 2012. In total viewers, it's the biggest overall audience for an 8 p.m. edition of "Rockers" since that same date. Versus last week's encore in this time period, "Rockers" is up 15 percent in 18-49 rating (1.5 vs. 1.3).

* At 8:30 p.m., a second telecast of "Betty White's Off Their
Rockers" (1.8/5 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) hit series highs for an 8:30 telecast in 18-49 and total viewers. In total viewers, it's the biggest overall audience for a "Rockers" telecast in any time period since the show's regular-slot debut at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, April 4,
2012 (7.397 million) and it's the third-biggest overall audience ever for the series. "Off Their Rockers" tied for #2 in the time period in
18-49 among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox and is #2 outright among those networks in total viewers.

* From 9:01-9:31 p.m. ET "Go On" (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4.3 million
viewers overall) retained 83 percent of its 18-49 lead-in from the
best-yet 8:30 edition of "Betty White's Off Their Rockers." "Go On"
ranked #2 in the half-hour among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in total viewers and adults 25-54.

* From 9:31-10:01 p.m. ET, "The New Normal" (1.3/3 in 18-49, 3.3
million in total viewers) retained a best-yet 87 percent of its 18-49 lead-in from "Go On." "New Normal" finished #2 in the time slot among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in total viewers and adults 25-54.

* From 10-11 p.m. ET, "Parenthood" (1.9/5 in 18-49, 5.2 million in
total viewers) ranked #1 in the hour over the drama competition on ABC and CBS in 18-49 and other key demographics. "Parenthood" is up week to
week by 12 percent in 18-49 (to a 1.9 from a 1.7).

* Keep in mind that last season, "Parenthood" originals added an
average of 47 percent to these next-day "live plus same day" ratings in
18-49 when Nielsen reported "live plus seven day" results.

* NBC is # 2 for the night among ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox in adults
18-49, adults 25-54, total viewers and other key categories.